I wouldn’t go to pro wrestling. It’s not really my thing. I’m a fan, but I think every sport could take some notes from the WWE – how they’ve progressed and stayed relevant for such a long period of time.
I know the way WWE works. Things change last minute.
Regardless of the perception that the talent may have or the Superstars may have, WWE’s business model is ‘give the fans what they want.’
I’m a huge WWE fan, ‘Monday Night RAW’ especially.
WWE is like showbiz boot camp.
WWE is a global brand, and it’s a global company. So, we want to have superstars from all over the world.
My dream would be fighting against whoever the WWE World Heavyweight Champion was at WrestleMania.
Everything in the business is based around the idea of a World Championship. WWE, World Heavyweight Championship, Universal Title, the ROH Title, or the IWGP Title – they are all World Championships. The best of the best.
Even in WWE, you believe it when it happens. Because anything can happen in the WWE at the last minute. Things happen, things change, and decisions are made.
No matter how much wrestling you have watched in your life, you know how big Wrestlemania and how momentous it is. My sister-in-law and her boyfriend aren’t die hard WWE fans, but they are fans of Wrestlemania just because of how huge the event is.
When kids tune in and see Jordan Devlin, Trent Seven, Pete Dunne, Wolfgang on the WWE Network, and then they see a poster at the town hall for their local wrestling show, they’re gonna say, ‘Oh my God, that’s Pete Dunne. I wanna go see him.’
A lot of people are successful in this business because of a catchphrase or athletic ability or charisma or wrestling; Ric Flair is the personification of all of those things, much like his daughter Charlotte, as she is already a multiple-time champion after only a few years in the WWE.
I lived in Calgary, and a lot of old WWE, WWF and WCW guys went through Calgary – whether to train or to work on the independent scene. When I lived there, I became immersed in all of this wrestling talk and it sparked my curiosity.
The biggest thing here in WWE is that if they see some really valuable qualities in you, they’re really going to do their best to maximize them and put you into the scenarios and into the situations where that’s going to make the most impact. For me, they’ve definitely done that.
I’ve always loved music. I’ve worked on music and written music, but, it wasn’t until I was actually on the road full time with WWE that I put my first album out.
The life of a WWE superstar is awesome, but I want my kids to have a life balanced by more traditional ideas about what our life and our country used to be. And still can be if we want it to be.
I was the first woman in WWE to ever be in a WWE Studios movie and was honored to be trusted with such an opportunity.
As far as being a WWE Superstar, that was my dream.
At my age, I’m not trying to score cool points. I’m just excited when I can speak to younger members of our audience in the WWE. I just get to be a superhero to kids, but I’m not trying to be on the cutting edge of style or anything like that. Once you reach that point of deprivation, you don’t mind it.
I always say when it comes to dream matches, that is not up to me: that’s up to the WWE Universe. That’s up to the fans. But there is a guy on ‘SmackDown’ that I have yet to wrestle yet that’s certainly gonna happen at some point, and that’s Randy Orton.
It’s amazing the footprint WWE has around the globe. When you look at the scope of the amount of live events they run, it’s mind-boggling.
When I signed with WWE and moved to Orlando, my wife and my two kids came with me.
When I was with WWE, people would have me sign merchandise that I didn’t even know existed.
Winning the WWE Championship has been my dream for a very long time. But what motivates me more is to inspire people to go out and follow their dreams.
To be successful in WWE, you have to love what you do. You have to want to steal the show every time you go out.
When I was younger, I didn’t want to come to WWE because I didn’t fit into the mold. I couldn’t identify myself with the term ‘diva.’ The divas brand was meant to put a spotlight on the women, but the term, to me, felt more glamorous than me.
Ever since I was a kid, this is all I’ve ever wanted to do. I used to pretend to be a WWE superstar.
Like any compelling show on television, what works best in WWE is relationships. What’s the relationship between these two people, and how does the conflict manifest itself into box office?
Wrestling for WWE has definitely helped me a lot to get me to this platform where I’m able to do that, to be as busy as I am and travel the world.
Of course I’m not stupid enough to think that we could take on WWE head-on and win, because they’re too big of a monster.
I was that 16-year-old who loved WWE, and I wanted to be a pro wrestler, but I didn’t understand why I had to be the bad guy. I wanted to be like Jeff Hardy – I wanted to be like Rey Mysterio – but I was told I had to be the guy who screamed terrible things about America and attack people from behind.
I never close the door on my company. WWE always there for the legend, and I love my boss the Mr. Vince Kennedy McMahon forever. He always show me that I am part of WWE family.
After 10 years of WWE, in a somewhat dramatic fashion, it just didn’t feel right, so I stepped out of my contract, and after 10 years of that schedule, I had all this time.
Someone like me who has been a fan of the WWE my whole life, to be a part of SummerSlam every year makes it even more special.
For anyone to say that WWE is fake or anything like that, no sir! It’s very physical, and the injuries are real; the blood is real.
It’s said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. In that case, the WWE ‘creative’ team must be as crazy as a rainbow trout in a car wash.
The AAF offered me a commentating spot for their league, and it was literally the day after I signed my deal with the WWE.
People at WWE would say, ‘It doesn’t matter if you’re the best wrestler,’ but I would think about Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio. They weren’t necessarily the greatest talkers, but they were great wrestlers. I wanted to be that person.
It’s the most important prize in WWE, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. You’ll do anything and everything to keep it and to get it, and that includes putting your body on the line and doing whatever it takes.
House Hardy – myself and Brother Nero – are pioneers. My style of booking during early independent bookings was very similar to what ‘Ring of Honor’ later became, which is what WWE later became.
WWE has no issues with my stand-up. I do not miss work for any reason and will continue to work around my schedule because I’m a professional and do not allow complacency or laziness.
I kept doing tryouts, and finally, after five years I got signed by WWE.
I know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, and not everyone is going to approve of me being in WWE, but I guarantee every Thursday on ‘Smackdown’ you’re going to get the most prepared and the most passionate broadcast that I’m capable of giving you.
When I first got to WWE, the head of talent relations was John Laurinaitis, who is now my father-in-law, and the first thing I thought when I saw everything that he had to do is, I thought, ‘I would never, in a million years, ever want that job. You could not pay me enough money to have that job.’
The difference between me and other talent that has left WWE is – I left the company. In most of the other situations, the company fired them or not wanting to do with business with them.
Being the first Australian to ever actually hold a WWE promoted championship – it is a huge honour. It’s something that can never be taken away. Words can’t describe it.
That’s the great thing with the WWE. They want you to be like John Cena, they want you to be like The Rock, and they definitely give you that platform.
The IIconics are a feisty Australian duo who have been a team since they came to WWE. They’re masters on the microphone, and they’re willing to do whatever it takes to win!
WWE is a global juggernaut; it is the pinnacle. It is a global entity. You have superstars from Australia, China, Japan.
I think every person that brings a beach ball into a WWE arena should get ejected for life.
When WWE announced that the women’s division will be getting Tag Team Championships, I don’t think there was a girl in the locker room who wasn’t totally pumped.
There is nothing like WWE live.
Once I got my groove in WCW in ’97, I’m pretty proud of the things I did there. By the time I got to WWE for DX, I may not have been as quick, but I was so far more well-rounded and a much more of a ring general.
I feel like we have the opportunity as WWE Superstars to make some sort of impact on lives, whether it’s one kid or whether it’s an adult.
I don’t want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.
Fortunately, in the WWE, the security staff is very dedicated and very professional. They know what they’re doing.
Professional wrestling, the WWE, and being in the Hall of Fame represent such a large part of Hulk’s life, as does his connection to the audience.
